USB 3.0 brings optical connection in 2008

**peat moss** · 09-19-2007, 03:57 AM

Intel and others plan to release a new version of the ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus technology in the first half of 2008, a revamp the chipmaker said will make data transfer rates more than 10 times as fast by adding fiber-optic links alongside the traditional copper wires.

Intel is working fellow USB 3.0 Promoters Group members Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, NEC and NXP Semiconductors to release the USB 3.0 specification in the first half of 2008, said Pat Gelsinger, general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, in a speech here at the Intel Developer Forum.

" I had to read that again , 4.8 gigabits per second. "

Source: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9780794-7.html

**killuminati96** · 09-19-2007, 04:20 AM

thank God! My external burner burns reallly slow going thru a USB 2.0 line. I hope 3.0 is much faster.

**mbucari1** · 09-19-2007, 04:30 AM

YAY! I've been hoping for this for years!

**peat moss** · 09-19-2007, 04:52 AM

Originally Posted by killuminati96

thank God! My external burner burns reallly slow going thru a USB 2.0 line. I hope 3.0 is much faster.

Sorry bud I tried to quote not edit .

Thats what I meant Killum , it should be 10 times faster according to the report .

"The current USB 2.0 version has a top data-transfer rate of 480 megabits per second, so a tenfold increase would be 4.8 gigabits per second."

**seh** · 09-19-2007, 10:56 AM

Great news!

**Hairbautt** · 09-19-2007, 11:07 AM

Awesome.

**dbmp** · 09-19-2007, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by peat moss

Originally Posted by killuminati96

thank God! My external burner burns reallly slow going thru a USB 2.0 line. I hope 3.0 is much faster.

Sorry bud I tried to quote not edit .

Thats what I meant Killum , it should be 10 times faster according to the report .

"The current USB 2.0 version has a top data-transfer rate of 480 megabits per second, so a tenfold increase would be 4.8 gigabits per second."

Great speed!